*And my 'read through the bible in alphabetical order' is coming along:

Acts, Amos, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles...

*I've planned my first patchwork project!

*As regards travel...I haven't actually gone anywhere...except in my dreams! And in my current book...all the way to Norway :))

Read this in my a Year's Journey with God devotional book this morning:

"Don't try and live a holy life for that will crush you by its immensity; rather think of a series of holy moments, each one lived for God - then one day you will realise that you have lived a holy life without effort. Concentrate on Jesus rather than on your own efforts because it is His job to sanctify us." (Alexander Lindsay Glegg)

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Unfortunately...no, but it's only a 5 minute walk to the river. I love the water too, but especially the sea. I lived by the sea before I moved to Deloraine...and I could see it from my house...and walk on the beach every day :) xx

Looks like you're making a good start to 2017 goals! Can't wait to see the patchwork begin - it must be a sewing type of year for us as I've got sewing projects lined up too lolNot so much wind here, but some very hot days - 46 degrees the other day!

"Be generous with encouragement. It is verbal sunshine. It costs nothing, it warms hearts and enriches lives."(Nicky Gumbel)

"You stand in your own light. Make it shine."(unknown)

"I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.... I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."(Maya Angelou)

"Getting a taste of what you long for is usually more painful than just going hungry."(Leigh Newman - Still Points North)

"It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed."(von Goethe)

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy."(Rabindranath Tagore)

"Let your life speak."(Quaker saying)

"Power, success, happiness, as the world knows them, are his who will fight for them hard enough; but peace, love, joy are only from God."(Frederick Buechner)

"What is faith in God, after all, but believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse."(Philip Yancey)

" 'Tis all but loss of time that passes not in loving."(Torquato Tasso)

"Enjoy the moments. Sometimes that is all we get."(Moi)

"Life wasn't meant to be easy, my child, but take courage: it can be delightful!"(George Bernard Shaw)

“To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.”(Thich Nhat Hanh)

"We don't remember days, we remember moments."(Cesare Pavese)

"I am myself and no one else. I am me."(Henning Mankell)

"We are not called to duplicate someone else on earth but to realize our authentic selves."(Philip Yancey)

"You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."(C.S. Lewis)

"My life has been the poem I would have writ, but I could not both live and utter it"(Henry David Thoreau)

"To follow your heart even when you are afraid is courage."(Midnight Sun)